The results of this survey, which was directed to the director of graduate studies at every history doctoral program in the United States, are described in chapter 4 and appendix C of this report.

4. Site Visits to History Departments

Northeastern University (October 5, 2001)

Howard University (November 30, 2001)

Florida International University (February 1, 2002)

Columbia University (March 1, 2002)

University of Michigan (March 14-15, 2002)

Arizona State University (March 27-28, 2002)

University of South Carolina (April 15, 2002)

Ohio State University (April 25-26, 2002)

Stanford University (May 6, 2002)

5. E-Mail Survey of Graduate Students (May-June 2002)

See "An Open Letter to Graduate Students," Perspectives 40, no. 5 (May 2002): 27. History graduate students were invited to comment on preliminary results from the survey of doctoral programs and to respond to a series of specific questions about their own experiences in graduate school. Their confidential replies are reflected throughout this report.

6. Survey of Public History Employers (August-September 2002)

This questionnaire was distributed via e-mail and postal mail to more than three thousand employers (or potential employers) of historians outside the academy, including museums and historic sites, consulting firms, state historic preservation offices, archives, federal, state, and local historical agencies, and others; 206 completed surveys were returned. The survey was cosponsored by the AHA's Task Force on Public History.